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We're in the thick of awards season, and video games are no exception. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced its finalists for the 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards ("The 'Racties" -- we're kidding but that's what they should be called), and, as you might have guessed, award hog Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leads the pack with 15 nominations. The rest of the nominees include more of the usual suspects from 2009: Assassin's Creed II with 10 noms, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with nine and Batman: Arkham Asylum with eight. This year's awards also features three new categories, including Outstanding Achievement in Game Design and Portable and Social Networking Games of the Year.

You can find a list of selected categories and their nominees after the break, or check out the Academy's full list in PDF form. The awards will be given out at the DICE Summit on February 18 in Las Vegas, where Activision's Bobby Kotick is scheduled to keynote. We can only guess that he'll go all Kanye on the podium if Modern Warfare 2 doesn't win.

Overall Game of the Year:Assassin's Creed IIBatman: Arkham AsylumCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Dragon Age: OriginsUncharted 2: Among Thieves

Action Game of the Year:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Left 4 Dead 2PrototypeRed Faction: GuerrillaShadow Complex

Casual Game of The Year:Drawn: The Painted TowerFlowerFlight ControlPlants Vs. ZombiesScribblenauts

Role Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year:BorderlandsChampions OnlineDemon's SoulsDragon Age: OriginsMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Social Networking Game of the Year:Bejeweled BlitzFarmtownFarmVilleRestaurant City